Ahhhhhh? There were some good quality repros in 69 caliber and some night mares. When I first started working in a sporting goods store in 1973, they sold some really cheap, barely sparking, death traps with three piece barrels in 69 caliber. They were made in asia somewhere and the first ten inches or so of the barrel, at the breech, was octagon and then had a round barrel screwed into that octogon part. I don't recall the name of the importer, but they were exceptionally flimsy and resulted in a couple of deaths from burst barrels. We packed up all that we had and shipped them back and then got stiffed on the money.
These guns had what appeared to be cheap stained stocks of soft wood, maybe pine. The round part of the barrel was screwed into the octagon part and you could see the threads. The round barrel was uniform in diameter the entire length to the muzzle. (there are some good quality smooth bores that start octagon and then go gradually to a round tapered barrel ) These make an abrupt transition from Octagon to round.
Not tryin to scare you.... Well maybe! If you have one that has an octagon barrel for about ten inches at the breech and immediately changes to round, don't shoot it. Get it checked by a gun smith.
I have run into three or four of those POS's in the past thirty years. (We sold em by the dozen for $59.00 a piece before the recall only 4 or 5 came back for the recall) The same company sold a tower pistol , which fortunately had a soft steel frizzen and couldn't spark at all. Same POS pine stock and rough cast brass furniture.
